A Decade of Friendship.
A Shared Call.
We believe the work of vocation is too big to do alone.
We met in 2014 when we were both hired as consultants for the same event. We immediately realized we should be friends and collaborators, and have been ever since. Bonding over a deep-seated commitment to a critical hope and a common frustration with how institutions often crush the spirits of the people inside them, we both think creativity is a vital quality of adaptive and effective leadership, that power cedes nothing without demands, and that it is okay for religious people to laugh a lot. After more than a decade of collaboration, we’ve found that while we are both theologians and both strategists, we see the room from slightly different angles. That stereoscopic vision is what makes our work together so effective.
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Why We Lead Together
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Too often, speakers talk at a room about community. We prefer to model it. We are both "slash" professionals: navigating the worlds of ministry, higher education, and non-profit leadership. By facilitating together, we demonstrate the very dynamic Tending Call advocates for: mutual reliance, shared discernment, and the joy of thinking together.
Jocelyn A. Sideco is an Episcopal minister with a background in training leaders in deepening their cultural competency, educating to enhance diversity and multicultural awareness, and building social justice practices that promote the dignity of each person and the common good. She ministers predominantly to discerning young adults and fractured organizational structures. Most notably, she cofounded Contemplatives in Action to support recovery work in New Orleans after huricane Katrina. She leverages her network to build capacity and advocacy especially for people most injured by current structures. Jocelyn is the pastoral associate at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Burlingame, CA, where she leads the online experience of prayer, education, and justice outreach. Before that she served as associate executive director of the Catholic Volunteer Network. Jocelyn holds a Masters in Theological Studies from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and lives with her wife and children in Burlingame, CA
Callid Keefe-Perry is a Quaker public minister, educator, and facilitator. He has a background in integrating the arts into spiritual formation, educating for critical consciousness, and building systemic frameworks that promote creative resilience and the common good. He ministers predominantly to communities in transition and leaders seeking to align institutional values with embodied practice. He previously co-founded the improvisational theater company The Space in Rochester, NY, but before that was a public school teacher for 8th graders. He leverages his work on imagination and spiritual formation to build capacity for discernment, especially for those navigating the anxiety of an uncertain future. Callid is the Assistant Professor of Public Theology at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry, where he also serves as the Director of the contextual education program for the MA in Theology and Ministry. He is the lead of Bellwether Way Consulting, which specializes in instructional design, organizational discernment, and supporting teams through critical transitions. Callid has a Certificate in Human Resource Management from The Simon School and holds a Ph.D. in Theological Studies from Boston University. He lives with his wife and teenage daughter in Arlington, MA.
